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Wang Y, Bucher E, Rocha H, Jadhao V, Metzcar J, Heiland R, Frieboes HB, Macklin P. Drug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer therapy: a high-throughput multicellular agent-based modeling study. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.09.588498. [PMID: 38645004 PMCID: PMC11030335 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.09.588498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
Abstract
Interactions between biological systems and nanomaterials have become an important area of study due to the application of nanomaterials in medicine. In particular, the application of nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis or treatment presents a challenging opportunity due to the complex biology of this disease spanning multiple time and spatial scales. A system-level analysis would benefit from mathematical modeling and computational simulation to explore the interactions between anticancer drug-loaded nanoparticles (NPs), cells, and tissues, and the associated parameters driving this system and a patient's overall response. Although a number of models have explored these interactions in the past, few have focused on simulating individual cell-NP interactions. This study develops a multicellular agent-based model of cancer nanotherapy that simulates NP internalization, drug release within the cell cytoplasm, "inheritance" of NPs by daughter cells at cell division, cell pharmacodynamic response to the intracellular drug, and overall drug effect on tumor dynamics. A large-scale parallel computational framework is used to investigate the impact of pharmacokinetic design parameters (NP internalization rate, NP decay rate, anticancer drug release rate) and therapeutic strategies (NP doses and injection frequency) on the tumor dynamics. In particular, through the exploration of NP "inheritance" at cell division, the results indicate that cancer treatment may be improved when NPs are inherited at cell division for cytotoxic chemotherapy. Moreover, smaller dosage of cytostatic chemotherapy may also improve inhibition of tumor growth when cell division is not completely inhibited. This work suggests that slow delivery by "heritable" NPs can drive new dimensions of nanotherapy design for more sustained therapeutic response.
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- Yafei Wang
- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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Saifi Z, Shafi S, Ralli T, Jain S, Vohora D, Mir SR, Alhalmi A, Noman OM, Alahdab A, Amin S. Enhancing Osteoporosis Treatment through Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery of Risedronate: In Vivo Evaluation and Bioavailability Enhancement. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2339. [PMID: 37765307 PMCID: PMC10534762 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15092339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Risedronate-loaded mPEG-coated hydroxyapatite, thiolated chitosan-based (coated) and non-coated nanoparticles were tested for their potential effects in the treatment of osteoporosis. The prepared nanoparticles were evaluated for their bone-targeting potential by inducing osteoporosis in female Wistar rats via oral administration of Dexona (dexamethasone sodium phosphate). In vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies were performed on osteoporotic rat models treated with different formulations. The osteoporotic model treated with the prepared nanoparticles indicated a significant effect on bone. The relative bioavailability was enhanced for RIS-HA-TCS-mPEG nanoparticles given orally compared to RIS-HA-TCS, marketed, and API suspension. Biochemical investigations also showed a significant change in biomarker levels, ultimately leading to bone formation/resorption. Micro-CT analysis of bone samples also demonstrated that the RIS-HA-TCS-mPEG-treated group showed the best results compared to other treatment groups. Moreover, the histology of bone treated with RIS-HA-TCS-mPEG showed a marked restoration of the architecture of trabecular bone along with a well-connected bone matrix and narrow inter-trabecular spaces compared to the toxic group. A stability analysis was also carried out according to ICH guidelines (Q1AR2), and it was found that RIS-HA-TCS-mPEG was more stable than RIS-HA-TCS at 25 °C. Thus, the results of present study indicated that mPEG-RIS-HA-TCS has excellent potential for sustained delivery of RIS for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis, and for minimizing the adverse effects of RIS typically induced via oral administration.
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- Zoya Saifi
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (Z.S.); (T.R.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (S.S.); (S.J.); (D.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (Z.S.); (T.R.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (S.S.); (S.J.); (D.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (S.S.); (S.J.); (D.V.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India;
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (Z.S.); (T.R.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 17, 17489 Greifswald, Germany;
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; (Z.S.); (T.R.); (A.A.)
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Miller HA, Miller DM, van Berkel VH, Frieboes HB. Evaluation of Lung Cancer Patient Response to First-Line Chemotherapy by Integration of Tumor Core Biopsy Metabolomics with Multiscale Modeling. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:820-832. [PMID: 36224485 PMCID: PMC10023290 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03096-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The standard of care for intermediate (Stage II) and advanced (Stages III and IV) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) involves chemotherapy with taxane/platinum derivatives, with or without radiation. Ideally, patients would be screened a priori to allow non-responders to be initially treated with second-line therapies. This evaluation is non-trivial, however, since tumors behave as complex multiscale systems. To address this need, this study employs a multiscale modeling approach to evaluate first-line chemotherapy response of individual patient tumors based on metabolomic analysis of tumor core biopsies obtained during routine clinical evaluation. Model parameters were calculated for a patient cohort as a function of these metabolomic profiles, previously obtained from high-resolution 2DLC-MS/MS analysis. Evaluation metrics were defined to classify patients as Disease-Control (DC) [encompassing complete-response (CR), partial-response (PR), and stable-disease (SD)] and Progressive-Disease (PD) following first-line chemotherapy. Response was simulated for each patient and compared to actual response. The results show that patient classifications were significantly separated from each other, and also when grouped as DC vs. PD and as CR/PR vs. SD/PD, by fraction of initial tumor radius metric at 6 days post simulated bolus drug injection. This study shows that patient first-line chemotherapy response can in principle be evaluated from multiscale modeling integrated with tumor tissue metabolomic data, offering a first step towards individualized lung cancer treatment prognosis.
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- Hunter A Miller
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Lutz Hall 419, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.
- Center for Predictive Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Modeling of Tumor Growth with Input from Patient-Specific Metabolomic Data. Ann Biomed Eng 2022; 50:314-329. [PMID: 35083584 PMCID: PMC9743982 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-02904-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Advances in omic technologies have provided insight into cancer progression and treatment response. However, the nonlinear characteristics of cancer growth present a challenge to bridge from the molecular- to the tissue-scale, as tumor behavior cannot be encapsulated by the sum of the individual molecular details gleaned experimentally. Mathematical modeling and computational simulation have been traditionally employed to facilitate analysis of nonlinear systems. In this study, for the first time tumor metabolomic data are linked via mathematical modeling to the tumor tissue-scale behavior, showing the capability to mechanistically simulate cancer progression personalized to omic information obtainable from patient tumor core biopsy analysis. Generally, a higher degree of metabolic dysregulation has been correlated with more aggressive tumor behavior. Accordingly, key parameters influenced by metabolomic data in this model include tumor proliferation, vascularization, aggressiveness, lactic acid production, monocyte infiltration and macrophage polarization, and drug effect. The model enables evaluating interactions of interest between these parameters which drive tumor growth based on the metabolomic data. The results show that the model can group patients consistently with the clinically observed outcomes of response/non-response to chemotherapy. This modeling approach provides a first step towards evaluation of tumor growth based on tumor-specific metabolomic data.
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Nagesetti A, Dulikravich GS, Orlande HRB, Colaco MJ, McGoron AJ. Computational model of silica nanoparticle penetration into tumor spheroids: Effects of methoxy and carboxy PEG surface functionalization and hyperthermia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2021; 37:e3504. [PMID: 34151543 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Drug delivery to tumors suffers from poor solubility, specificity, diffusion through the tumor micro-environment and nonoptimal interactions with components of the extracellular matrix and cell surface receptors. Nanoparticles and drug-polymer complexes address many of these problems. However, large size exasperates the problem of slow diffusion through the tumor. Three-dimensional tumor spheroids are good models to evaluate approaches to mitigate these difficulties and aid in design strategies to improve the delivery of drugs to treat cancer effectively. Diffusion of drug carriers is highly dependent on cell uptake rate parameters (association/dissociation) and temperature. Hyperthermia increases molecular transport and is known to act synergistically with chemotherapy to improve treatment. This study presents a new inverse estimation approach based on Bayesian probability for estimating nanoparticle cell uptake rates from experiments. The parameters were combined with a finite element computational model of nanoparticle transport under hyperthermia conditions to explore its effect on tumor porosity, diffusion and particle binding (association and dissociation) at cell surfaces. Carboxy-PEG-silane (cPEGSi) nanoparticles showed higher cell uptake compared to methoxy-PEG-silane (mPEGSi) nanoparticles. Simulations were consistent with experimental results from Skov-3 ovarian cancer spheroids. Amorphous silica (cPEGSi) nanoparticles (58 nm) concentrated at the periphery of the tumor spheroids at 37°C but mild hyperthermia (43°C) increased nanoparticle penetration. Thus, hyperthermia may enhance cancer treatment by improving blood delivery to tumors, enhancing extravasation and penetration into tumors, trigger release of drug from the carrier at the tumor site and possibly lead to synergistic anti-cancer activity with the drug.
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- Abhignyan Nagesetti
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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Frieboes HB, Raghavan S, Godin B. Modeling of Nanotherapy Response as a Function of the Tumor Microenvironment: Focus on Liver Metastasis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:1011. [PMID: 32974325 PMCID: PMC7466654 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.01011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The tumor microenvironment (TME) presents a challenging barrier for effective nanotherapy-mediated drug delivery to solid tumors. In particular for tumors less vascularized than the surrounding normal tissue, as in liver metastases, the structure of the organ itself conjures with cancer-specific behavior to impair drug transport and uptake by cancer cells. Cells and elements in the TME of hypovascularized tumors play a key role in the process of delivery and retention of anti-cancer therapeutics by nanocarriers. This brief review describes the drug transport challenges and how they are being addressed with advanced in vitro 3D tissue models as well as with in silico mathematical modeling. This modeling complements network-oriented techniques, which seek to interpret intra-cellular relevant pathways and signal transduction within cells and with their surrounding microenvironment. With a concerted effort integrating experimental observations with computational analyses spanning from the molecular- to the tissue-scale, the goal of effective nanotherapy customized to patient tumor-specific conditions may be finally realized.
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- Hermann B. Frieboes
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
- Center for Predictive Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
- Developmental Therapeutics Program, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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Nomura S, Morimoto Y, Tsujimoto H, Arake M, Harada M, Saitoh D, Hara I, Ozeki E, Satoh A, Takayama E, Hase K, Kishi Y, Ueno H. Highly reliable, targeted photothermal cancer therapy combined with thermal dosimetry using a near-infrared absorbent. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9765. [PMID: 32555349 PMCID: PMC7299938 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66646-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Photothermal therapy (PTT) using a photo-absorbent in the near-infrared (NIR) region is an effective methodology for local cancer treatment. Before PTT using a NIR absorbent is executed, the operator generally determines the two parameters of fluence rate and irradiation time. However, even if the irradiation parameters are unchanged, the therapeutic effect of PTT is often different for individual tumors. Hence, we examined the therapeutic effect of PTT using a NIR absorbent (ICG lactosome) while changing two parameters (fluence rate and irradiation time) in various combinations. As a result, there was no robust correlation between those parameters and the therapeutic effect. Compared to those parameters, we found that a more reliable determinant was maintenance of the tumor temperature above 43 °C during NIR irradiation. To reconfirm the significance of the determinant, we developed a new system that can regulate the temperature at the NIR irradiation site at a constant level. By using the new system, we verified the treatment outcomes for tumors in which the NIR absorbent had accumulated. All of the tumors that had been kept at 43 °C during NIR irradiation were cured, while none of the tumors that had been kept at a temperature below 41 °C were cured. In conclusion, PTT using a NIR absorbent with thermal dosimetry is a highly reliable treatment for cancer.
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- Shinsuke Nomura
- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Division of Traumatology, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, 604-8511, Japan
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- Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, 604-8511, Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-0082, Japan
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- Department of Oral Biochemistry, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Gifu, 501-0296, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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Chamseddine IM, Frieboes HB, Kokkolaras M. Multi-objective optimization of tumor response to drug release from vasculature-bound nanoparticles. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8294. [PMID: 32427977 PMCID: PMC7237449 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65162-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The pharmacokinetics of nanoparticle-borne drugs targeting tumors depends critically on nanoparticle design. Empirical approaches to evaluate such designs in order to maximize treatment efficacy are time- and cost-intensive. We have recently proposed the use of computational modeling of nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery targeting tumor vasculature coupled with numerical optimization to pursue optimal nanoparticle targeting and tumor uptake. Here, we build upon these studies to evaluate the effect of tumor size on optimal nanoparticle design by considering a cohort of heterogeneously-sized tumor lesions, as would be clinically expected. The results indicate that smaller nanoparticles yield higher tumor targeting and lesion regression for larger-sized tumors. We then augment the nanoparticle design optimization problem by considering drug diffusivity, which yields a two-fold tumor size decrease compared to optimizing nanoparticles without this consideration. We quantify the tradeoff between tumor targeting and size decrease using bi-objective optimization, and generate five Pareto-optimal nanoparticle designs. The results provide a spectrum of treatment outcomes - considering tumor targeting vs. antitumor effect - with the goal to enable therapy customization based on clinical need. This approach could be extended to other nanoparticle-based cancer therapies, and support the development of personalized nanomedicine in the longer term.
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- Ibrahim M Chamseddine
- Deparment of Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
- Center for Predictive Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- GERAD - Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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